Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-05-25
pOiSONINT The ASHES
What the Mt. Lebanon Shakers
FOund-Incident in the His
tory of "a Quiet Community.

The Mount Lebanon New
York; Shakers are quiet COM
munity, secluded from the fret
and worry of the outside world.
They are widely known, how
ever, for their strict honor and
probity in business.
The Shakers believe that ma
ture has remedy for every dis
ease. A few have been found-.-
the rest are as yet unknown.
Many were discovered by acci-
dent. Others came to light as
the result of patient experiment
and research.
Nervous Dyspepsia is a COM
paratively neav disease, growing
out of the conditions Of modern
life. It is a joint affection of
the digestive organs and of the
nervous system. These two
were formerly treated as sepa-
rate ailments, and it was left
for the clear-sighted Shakers
to prove that the basis Of this
terrible and often fatal compli-
cation lies chiefly in the disord-
cred and depraved functions of
digestion and nutrition. They
reasoned thus: s:-"If we can in.
duce the stomach to do its
work, and stimulate the excre-
tive organs to drive out of the
body the poisonous waste mat
ters which remain after the.life-
giving elements Of the food
have been absorbed, we shall
have conquered Nervous Dys-
pepsia and Nervous Exhaust
ion. And they were right.
Knowing the infallible power
Of Shaker Extract {Seigel's
Syrup in less complicated
though similar diseases,
they resolved to test it fully
in this. To leave no ground
for doubt they prescribed the
remedy IN hundreds Of cases
which had been p;olounced IN
curable-with ,tlIect success
in every instance where their
directions as to living and diet
were scrupulously followed.
Nervous Dyspepsia and Ex-
haustion is a peculiarly Ameri-
can disease. To a greater OF
less extent half the people of
this country suffer from it
both sexes and all ages. In no
country in the world are there
so many insane asyluns Tiled
to overdowing, all resulting
from this alarming disease. Its
leading symptoms are these:
Frequent or continual head
ache; a dull pain at the base
of the brain; bad breath; nau-
seous eructatiors; the rising
of sour end puneent fluids to
the throat; a sense of oppress-
ion and faintness at the pit of
the stomach; fatulence; wake
fulness and loss of sleep; dis
gust with food even when
weak from TIE need oft; sticky
or Shiny matter on the teeth or
in the mouth, especially on ris-
ing in the morning; fu1red and
coated tongue; dull eyes; cold
hands and feet; constipation;
dry or rough skin inability to
fix the mind on any labor call
ing for CONTINUOUS attention;
and oppressive and sad fore
bodings and fears.
All this terrible group
Shaker Extract (Seigel's
Syrup removes by its pos
tive, powerful, direct yet
painless and gentle action upon
the functions of digestion and
Those elements
Of the food that build up and
strengthen the system are sent
upon their mission, while all
waste matters (the ashes Of life's
fire) which unremoved, poison
and kill, are expelled from the
body through the bowels, kid
neys and skin. The weak and
prostratel nerves are qujeted,
toned and fed by the purified
blood. As the result, health,
with its enjoyments, blessings
and power, returns to the suf-
ferer who had, perhaps, aband-
oned all hope Of ever seeing
another well daY.